Pink, Plunk, Plink

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Pink, Plunk, Plink
series = Pink Panther


caption =
director = Hawley Pratt
animator = Warren Batchelder
Dale Case
George Grandpré
Tom O'Loughlin
Laverne Harding
Don Williams
Norman McCabe
Dick Ung
voice_actor =
musician = Walter Greene
producer = David H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
distributor = United Artists
release_date = flagicon|US May 25, 1966
color_process = Deluxe
runtime = 6' 23"
country = USA
movie_language = English
preceded_by = "The Pink Blueprint"
followed_by = "Smile Pretty, Say Pink"
imdb_id = 0060837

"Pink, Plunk, Plink" is the 19th cartoon produced in the "Pink Panther" series. A total of 124 6-minute cartoons were produced between 1964 and 1980.

Plot

The Pink Panther is a small-time violinist who desperately tries to play with the orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl. His ultimate goal is to have the group perform his own theme music in place of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. After quietly playing his theme on his violin during the symphony, the angered conductor comes over to the group of violinists to inspect their violin bows. The Panther's manages to fire like a gun into the conductor's face, prompting the ejection of the pink feline a second time.

The sly panther manages to sneak back into the Hollywood Bowl, and starts utilizing both a horn and a trumpet to blast his theme song once again. The conductor becomes even more angered, and tries to remove the Panther from the proceedings. Thinking he has succeeded, he returns to his podium, unaware that the Panther has substituted his baton with a small rocket. The conductor then shoots into the air, and the rocket explodes, allowing the Pink Panther to conduct the orchestra in a rousing rendition of his "Pink Panther" theme. [ [http://dfe.goldenagecartoons.com/ DePatie-Freleng website] "]

Notes

Composer Henry Mancini, best known for composing the "Pink Panther" theme song, makes an uncredited appearance at the end of the film. Fittingly, he portrays himself, as the sole attendee in the audience, applauding for the Panther's rendition of his famed theme song.This was also the first "Pink Panther" short that credits Walter Greene for the music. Greene would serve as musical director for the "Panther" shorts until 1977.

References

Further sources

*"Pink Panther: The Ultimate Guide to the Coolest Cat in Town!"; by Jerry Beck (DK ADULT, 2006).
*"Meet the Pink Panther"; by Hope Freleng and Sybil Freleng [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0789313081] , (Universe Publishing, 2005).
*"The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection" [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009S4J2I] (2006). [DVD set] . New York: MGM Home Video.